Humanitarian Logistics Awards 2018

Award-Winning Compassion

In early October, ALAN was pleased to present its second annual Humanitarian Logistics Awards to six highly deserving recipients at CSCMP’s annual conference.

Created in 2017, these awards honor individuals and organizations that have demonstrated an ongoing and sustained commitment to helping others in their time of greatest need.

Please join us in congratulating each of this year’s winners – and in celebrating their extraordinary generosity. And if you know of a particularly deserving recipient for next year’s awards, please consider nominating them when nominations open in summer 2019.

Dr. Alison Thompson – Lifetime Achievement Award

The founder of Third Wave Volunteers, Alison has been a full-time and unpaid humanitarian for almost two decades. Her organization’s work has touched more than 8 million people over the past two decades and encompassed everything from search and rescue to delivering millions of pounds of aid.

The Shippers Group – Outstanding Contribution Award

For donating space and labor in Dallas and Atlanta to help non-profits provide comfort to families after Hurricane Harvey and clean up Caribbean communities after hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Estes Express Lines – Employee Engagement Award

For teaming up with The Home Depot to help a humanitarian organization create a much-needed alternate way to get cleaning supplies, food and hydration to the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma.

The Home Depot – Employee Engagement Award

For teaming up with Estes Express Lines to help a humanitarian organization create a much-needed alternate way to get cleaning supplies, food and hydration to the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma.

MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab – Director’s Partnership Award

For serving at FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center in Washington DC following Hurricane Maria – and for being a vital part of a team effort that helped restore satellite communications and deliver critical supplies to Puerto Rico after the storm. Also, for helping co-host a daily coordination call for emergency management officials, businesses and relief organizations before, during and after 2017’s and 2018’s major hurricanes – and providing vital information and resources to help with the rapid restoration of private sector supply chains.

LIFT Non-Profit Logistics – Director’s Partnership Award

For serving at FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center in Washington DC following Hurricane Maria – and for being a vital part of a team effort that helped restore satellite communications and deliver critical supplies to Puerto Rico after the storm. Also, for helping co-host a daily coordination call for emergency management officials, businesses and relief organizations before, during and after 2017’s and 2018’s major hurricanes – and providing vital information and resources to help with the rapid restoration of private sector supply chains.

About ALAN

ALAN saves lives and reduces suffering for disaster survivors in the United States by engaging industry to supplement non-profit organizations’ logistics capabilities. We serve by coordinating logistics, providing education, and building cross-sector relationships before, during, and after disasters.